Russian trade with the Philippines in 2018
February 10, 2019
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with the Philippines in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Philippines
In 2018, Russia’s trade with the Philippines totaled $1,217,036,174, up 102.06% ($614,723,448) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to the Philippines in 2018 totaled $799,621,782, up 307.36% ($603,330,315) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2018 totaled $417,414,392, up 2.81% ($11,393,133) from 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with the Philippines went from a deficit of $209,729,792 in 2017, to a surplus of $382,207,390 in 2018.
The Philippines was Russia’s 65th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 75th in 2017), accounting for 0.1769% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1031% in 2017).
The Philippines was Russia’s 59th largest export market in 2018 (up from 88th in 2017), accounting for 0.1777% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0550% in 2017).
The Philippines was Russia’s 59th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.1753% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1789% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to the Philippines
The major share of Russian exports to the Philippines in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 39.47% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (46.10% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 27.53% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (17.81% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 26.02% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (18.94% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.85% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (12.45% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.13% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (3.02% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.96% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (1.46% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $224,997,596;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $185,636,878;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $168,939,093;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $13,889,806;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,737,106.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 9,972 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 916,960 | 0.11 | 357,306 | 156.63 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 1,509 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 192,858,811 | 24.12 | 23,919,718 | 706.28 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 78,744 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 295 | 0.00 | 202 | 46.04 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,993 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 675 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 91,339 | 0.01 | 52,254 | 74.80 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,933 | 0.00 | 1,444 | 103.12 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 14,116,012 | 1.77 | 12,837,415 | 9.96 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,117,269 | 0.14 | 1,011,612 | 10.44 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 314,484,150 | 39.33 | 89,486,554 | 251.43 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,139,001 | 0.39 | 847,519 | 270.38 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 63,968 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 66,875 | 0.01 | 22,500 | 197.22 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,144,046 | 0.14 | 60,612 | 1,787.49 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 20,000 | 0.00 | 13,212 | 51.38 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 448,688 | 0.06 | 712,465 | -37.02 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 447 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 114,236 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 25,650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 366,896 | 0.05 | 303,537 | 20.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,828,743 | 0.48 | 3,797,296 | 0.83 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 225 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,142,911 | 0.39 | 2,501,268 | 25.65 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 394,735 | 0.05 | 548,029 | -27.97 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,269,669 | 4.41 | 21,379,863 | 64.97 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,202 | 0.00 | 433 | 408.55 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,003 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 55,003 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 764 | 0.00 | 1 | 76,300.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 128 | 0.00 | 315 | -59.37 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,332 | 0.00 | 4,069 | -42.69 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 40 | 0.00 | 122 | -67.21 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 251 | 0.00 | 303 | -17.16 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 1,705 | -98.83 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 158,784 | 0.02 | 137,665 | 15.34 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 3,578 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 12,348 | 0.00 | 69 | 17,795.65 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 220,067,032 | 27.52 | 34,430,154 | 539.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 42,320 | 0.01 | 15,694 | 169.66 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,383 | 0.00 | 50 | 4,666.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 34,545 | 0.00 | 471,743 | -92.68 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,794 | 0.00 | 18,698 | -85.06 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,981 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 6,300 | 0.00 | 19,960 | -68.44 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,642,427 | 0.46 | 1,856,735 | 96.17 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 212,397 | 0.03 | 32,553 | 552.47 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 550 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,567,146 | 0.45 | 830,040 | 329.76 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 292,165 | 0.04 | 138,923 | 110.31 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 90 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,040 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 2,024 | 0.00 | 204,466 | -99.01 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 31,938 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,943 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 14,845 | 0.00 | 25 575 | -41.96 |
Russia’s Imports from the Philippines
The major share of Russian imports from the Philippines in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 83.01% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (81.43% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.13% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (10.22% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.62% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (3.22% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.57% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (3.21% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $15,058,572;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,855,498;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $1,309,467.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $3,086,335;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,779,402;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,571,003;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,355,822.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 75,978 | 0.02 | 56,565 | 34.32 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 43,414 | 0.01 | 59,785 | -27.38 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 54,204 | 0.01 | 49,291 | 9.97 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 32,608 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 24,518,694 | 5.87 | 25,363,791 | -3.33 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 9,597 | 0.00 | 14,519 | -33.90 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 1,191 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 7,656,623 | 1.83 | 6,870,557 | 11.44 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 902 | 0.00 | 6,173 | -85.39 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 68,093 | 0.02 | 1,423,915 | -95.22 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,326,224 | 0.32 | 1,114,596 | 18.99 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 23,153 | 0.01 | 38,943 | -40.55 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 9,765 | 0.00 | 16,077 | -39.26 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,659,628 | 0.64 | 2,850,987 | -6.71 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 332,014 | 0.08 | 502,822 | -33.97 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 24,663 | 0.01 | 29,856 | -17.39 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,291,179 | 0.31 | 3,070,581 | -57.95 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 15,788 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,310 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,378,754 | 0.33 | 743,263 | 85.50 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 826,832 | 0.20 | 610,511 | 35.43 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 795,323 | 0.19 | 369,508 | 115.24 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 298,051 | 0.07 | 23,847 | 1,149.85 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 23 | 0.00 | 124 | -81.45 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 60,521 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 351 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,947,367 | 0.95 | 1,091,869 | 261.52 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,801,382 | 0.43 | 3,372,385 | -46.58 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,049,742 | 1.45 | 6,807,105 | -11.13 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,356,408 | 0.56 | 2,666,427 | -11.63 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 168,421 | 0.04 | 79,648 | 111.46 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 87,115 | 0.02 | 101,488 | -14.16 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 63,194 | 0.02 | 50,219 | 25.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 32,400 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 70,612 | 0.02 | 61,110 | 15.55 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,382 | 0.00 | 2,316 | 175.56 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 40,267 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 12,690 | 0.00 | 50,906 | -75.07 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 132,119 | 0.03 | 6 | 2,201,883.33 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 52,999 | 0.01 | 287,685 | -81.58 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 468,902 | 0.11 | 440,003 | 6.57 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 288,207 | 0.07 | 206,470 | 39.59 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 162 | 0.00 | 254 | -36.22 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,281,809 | 1.03 | 7,368,144 | -41.89 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,979,915 | 0.71 | 3,152,037 | -5.46 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 37,258 | 0.01 | 74,874 | -50.24 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,901,340 | 0.46 | 591,873 | 221.24 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 563,864 | 0.14 | 837,081 | -32.64 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 228 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 537 | 0.00 | 886 | -39.39 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25,080 | 0.01 | 11,831 | 111.99 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 48,675 | 0.01 | 11,808 | 312.22 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,166 | 0.00 | 13,205 | -83.60 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 475 | 0.00 | 8,998 | -94.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 652,602 | 0.16 | 595,389 | 9.61 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,323 | 0.00 | 18,177 | -76.22 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 75 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 64,777 | 0.02 | 21,600 | 199.89 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,121 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,997 | 0.00 | 3,494 | -42.84 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 183,187 | 0.04 | 98,041 | 86.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 109,849,924 | 26.32 | 94,791,352 | 15.89 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 225,490,422 | 54.02 | 226,126,796 | -0.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,448,100 | 0.35 | 1,104,496 | 31.11 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,691,253 | 2.32 | 8,605,940 | 12.61 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 235,290 | 0.06 | 259,816 | -9.44 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,089 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 297,053 | 0.07 | 339,684 | -12.55 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 814,668 | 0.20 | 1,135,352 | -28.25 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,862,403 | 0.45 | 2,079,960 | -10.46 |
| SS | Classified | 77,066 | 0.02 | 151 266 | -49.05 |